Part of the Global Plot to Expose Moonbats, conspiracy nuts, and anti-Semites, especially the Jewish anti-Semitic variety.
The leftwing Neo-Nazi web magazine Counterpunch has described Plaut thus: "One of the most pernicious writers is Steven Plaut, a man who could be thought of as Israel's Daniel Pipes."

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Followup - Apartheid, Racism and "Selection" of Jews at the University of Haifa

Subject: Followup - Apartheid, Racism and "Selection" of Jews at the University of Haifa

1. Follow-up on the story of the apartheid Islamofascism coming to theUniversity of Haifa:

The Jewish students were protesting against the event and the fact that theuniversity only allowed Arab students to take part in it. A HaifaUniversityofficial said that Salah had not been invited by theinstitution and thatthere was no legal way to prevent him from coming….

University officials noted that they had reservations over the event andthat they had managed to prevent Salah from visiting the place for severalyears, including on the recent Land Day, but that legal advice given to theuniversity recently stated that it could no longer reject students' requeststo have the Islamic leader lecture to them.

(Can we assume that Holocaust Deniers will be invited soon to theuniversity? --- SP)

The Students' Union said in a statement that it condemned "any racist actwhich includes hatred and a desire to incite. We hope for coexistence, andsuch a speech and such a person creates provocations and disrupts the orderwithin the university's walls. We will not sit idly by as such a seriousincident takes place in our home."

The Union said its members had only found out about the events on Wednesdaybecause the invitations were written in Arabic. They estimated that had theyknown about the event earlier, the number of protestors would have been muchhigher.

University of Haifa students clashed with security officers Wednesdayafternoon while protesting a highly charged speech given to a group ofMuslim students by the leader of the Islamic Movement's northern branch,Sheikh Raed Salah.

Outraged over both Salah's words and the fact that Jewish students werebarred from entering the auditorium as he spoke, some 150 protestersgathered outside the auditorium waving Israeli flags and yelling "This isnot Teheran."

Speaking about the idea of making concessions in Jerusalem, Salah told thecrowd, "We love life, our families, our homes and our children, but if theysuggest that we give up our principles and holy sites, we would rather dieand we welcome death."

He also claimed that Israel is constantly digging tunnels under the TempleMount and that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was planning to rebuild theTemple.

Students clashed with the security officers outside, as chants of "*Allahhu-akbar*" came from the auditorium in response to Raed's remarks. Policewere dispatched to the scene but not required to intervene.

University officials said they were unhappy with the event and that they hadmanaged to prevent Salah from visiting the institution for several years,but that recently the university's lawyers had said it could no longerreject students' requests to have the Islamic leader lecture to them.

Addressing the Jewish students' claims, university officials said that theyhad banned entry to the event so as to prevent disturbances.

"In previous events as well, in which [Foreign Minister Avigdor] Liebermanand [former Defense Minister Shaul] Mofaz gave lectures, we barred the Arabstudents from entering," one of the officials said.In a statement, the Students' Union said that it condemned, "any racist actwhich includes hatred and a desire to incite. We hope for coexistence, andsuch a speech and such a person creates provocations and disrupts the orderwithin the university's walls. We will not sit idly by as such a seriousincident takes place in our home."

2. The WAFA news service of the Palestinian terrorists has announced it islaunching a news service in Hebrew, so that its messages of terrorism andanti-Semitism can reach Hebrew readers. The story is here:http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093862.html